The Dive Down

On this week's show, Stan falls back in love with Modern MTG, we continue to guide Dave on his fashion journey, Shane gears up for the Antique Roadshow, and we shake our fists at prediction markets for spoiling Survivor results.

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Timestamps:

0:01 - Disguising our moms at Antiques Roadshow

8:24 - What should Shane take to Roadshow?

14:52 - This week's episode

15:45 - Dave's clothes

23:47 - Stan is playing Magic Online again

34:18 - Shane is scared of RE9

39:28 - Metaphor: still ReFantazioing

42:56 - Survivor 50: Spoiled by Kalshi?

50:40 - Takes on The Truman Show (1998)

1:00:04 - Public comments: what game changed our relationship with gaming?

1:04:57 - Wrapping up

Our opening music is Nowhere - You Never Knew, and our closing music is Space Blood - Goro? Is That Your Christian Name?

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The Rhino boys are back. Exciting news in the weird world of Magic: the Gathering was all it took for Dave and Stan to reunite with D00mwake to chat about Modern bans and unbans.

We pour one out for Phlage, daydream about Crashing Footfalls, scrach our head over Umezawa's Jitte, and act like we know how to talk about Lotus Field.

Is Modern back, baby?

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Timestamps:

0:01 - It's 1979 and d00mwake is back

5:15 - d00m ate Skyline and didn't tell Shane

9:17 - Modern is changed, again

16:08 - Phlage is banned

23:59 - Lotus Field is banned

30:47 - Violent Outburst is unbanned

50:46 - Umezawa's Jitte is unbanned

57:52 - Premodern fun

1:01:38 - Public comments - our favorite pieces of physical media

1:11:53 - Wrapping up

Links from this week's episode:

twitch.tv/d00mwake

https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/announcements/banned-and-restricted-may-18-2026

Our opening music is Nowhere - You Never Knew, and our closing music is Space Blood - Goro? Is That Your Christian Name?

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Stan's away — so this week the olds play. Shane and Dave catch up about Shane's perfect Steam Machine, his even more perfect AYN Thor, polo shirts, and four albums that were pretty good. We also give flowers to a true Chicago hero: Lettuce Entertain You Restaurants. Dive Down Nation, your slop bowls are ready. Fall in line for episode 369.

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Timestamps:

0:01 - Lettuce entertain you with cilantro

9:43 - This week's episode

15:06 - Old business: Shane "finished" his Steam Machine

27:11 - New business: Shane also bought an AYN Thor

37:31 - Polo shirts

43:28 - Dave brings some albums - Broken Social Scene: Remember the Humans

51:31 - Cut Worms: Transmitter

57:23 - Friko: Something Worth Waiting For

59:36 - Brigitte Calls Me Baby: Irreversible

1:03:41 - Wrapping up

Our opening music is Nowhere - You Never Knew, and our closing music is Space Blood - Goro? Is That Your Christian Name?

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On this week's show, the boys play Capcom's latest AAA foray, Pragmata. We talk about father/daughter dynamics in video games, the joys of hacking, and what it means to be a slayer gamer.

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Timestamps:

0:01 - Sparking graphic novels

4:01 - This week's episode

6:34 - Dave's old business: cookin' and cubin'

11:55 - Pragmata - the basic setup

26:48 - What this game does well

37:58 - Competence vs. excellence

59:52 - The psychology of gamers

1:05:46 - Public comments: The card(s) that got us into Magic

1:12:04 - Wrapping up

Our opening music is Nowhere - You Never Knew, and our closing music is Space Blood - Goro? Is That Your Christian Name?

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On this week's show, Stan offers his closing arguments on Shadow of the Colossus (2018), Shane revisits Metaphor: ReFantazio (2024), then he turns a pile of parts into a working computer, and Stan makes tacos out of fish sticks.

Thank you Aaron for this week's public comments. If you'd like to submit public comments to The Dive Down, become a citizen of The Dive Down Nation at http://www.patreon.com/thedivedown

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Timestamps:

0:01 - Oranges, micro-looting, cameras off, vocoders, frogs, and more

11:52 - Dave's gone and Boston memories, the Boston Tea Party

18:05 - Shane picked up some new PS5 games, and a preview for next week

24:20 - Old business: Stan beat Shadow of the Colossus

36:15 - Shane restarted Metaphor: Refantazio

45:10 - YouTube sleepin'

47:40 - New business: Shane made a Steam Machine

54:32 - Public comments: Food we like to make

1:07:38 - Wrapping up

Our opening music is Nowhere - You Never Knew, and our closing music is Space Blood - Goro? Is That Your Christian Name?

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